It’s odd that you see a single trend running through games from a publisher, but Namco Bandai really seems to be enamored of partnership a s a game design idea. I’ve written about Majin and the Forsaken Kingdom‘s odd couple and, of course, the tense bond between Monkey and Trip gives Enslaved it’s essential friction.
You know what I like? I like “new”. And Enslaved is full of new. Oh, I know that people might poo-poo it at first blush: “Oh, it moves like Prince of Persia.” “Oh, it looks like Uncharted.”
One of the last few surprises that TGS held for fans was the return of a long-dormant offshoot of the popular Tekken fighting games. The reveal of Tekken Tag Tournament 2 was a fairly big surprise, one that wasn’t spoiled by the kinds of leaks that preceded, say, the Ico & Shadow of the Colossus [...]
More than two decades ago, Splatterhouse showed up in the arcade. The Namco game– which later came to consoles–earned the distinction of being one of the first games to scare the living crap out players with its ultra-violent take on horror and combat.
Remember how I was all “Capcom better do right by Tekken!” over the weekend? Well, it turns out the exchange of characters between the two most stories fighting game series is a two-way street after all.
It’s the video game equivalent of a Hatfield-McCoy wedding. Capcom’s announced that development’s underway on Street Fighter X Tekken. It’s a new 2D title that will pit Ryu, Chun Li and others against Kazyua Mishima, Nina Williams and other fighters from the King of Iron Fist Tournament. From Capcom:
Much of Namco Bandai’s upcoming slate of games seem to have a subtext of partnership to them. Majin and the Forsaken Kingdom pairs a human and a monster and Time Crisis: Razing Storm pairs gun-wielding commandos. But those duos want to be helping each other. That’s not necessarily the case in the Japanese publisher’s high-profile [...]
People have been comparing Namco Bandai Games’ Majin and the Forsaken Kingdom to Ico. There are some strong similarities to the classic PS2 game: Majin takes place in a faraway fantasy kingdom with crumbling architecture and beset by shadowy creatures. And the player controls a human character who’s linked to a partner character, just like [...]
The Playstation Move will let you do a lot of things in the upcoming games compatible with Sony’s motion controller. It’ll be a racket, a sword or a showerhead and you can use it as a gun, too. Of course, the PS3 peripheral’s already been shown as a sniper rifle, a machine gun and other [...]
Move over Mario. Your flabby gut’s got nothin’ on Muscle March.
